Determinants of bank profitability in the South Eastern European region

  • Athanasoglou P
  • Delis M
  • Staikouras C
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Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the profitability behaviour of bank-specific, industry- related and macroeconomic determinants, using an unbalanced panel dataset of South Eastern European (SEE) credit institutions over the period 1998-2002. The estimation results indicate that, with the exception of liquidity, all bank-specific determinants significantly affect bank profitability in the anticipated way. A key result is that the effect of concentration is positive, which provides evidence in support of the structure-conduct- performance hypothesis, while at the same time some relevance of the efficient-structure hypothesis cannot be rejected. In contrast, a positive relationship between banking reform and profitability was not identified, whilst the picture regarding the macroeconomic determinants is mixed. The paper concludes with some remarks on the practicality and implementability of the findings.

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Athanasoglou, P. P., Delis, M., & Staikouras, C. (2022). Determinants of bank profitability in the South Eastern European region. SSRN Electronic Journal. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4163741

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